RAT S SCARY: The Tiny Razor Toothed Rodent From 220 Million Years Ago

Reconstruction of Tessellatia bonapartei. Note: Picture is from a press release (Juan Cristobal Sotomayor/Newsflash) Reconstruction of Tessellatia bonapartei. Note: Picture is from a press release (Juan Cristobal Sotomayor/Newsflash)
Copyrights: Juan Cristobal Sotomayor/Newsflash

28 April 2022
A tiny sharp-toothed rodent that roamed the earth 220 million years ago has emerged as a missing ancestor of today's mammals. The rat-like creature - called a cynodont after its huge canine teeth - walked the earth with dinosaurs in the Triassic period. Now a study published in Scientific...